[Blindtlk] Thought you all mightfind thisinteresting-AirTran fined $500K for disability violations

Tue Aug 31 15:36:50 UTC 2010

no,
that is how i would prefer but it doesn't happen.
the worker insists on grabbing your wrists and guiding you thru.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)" <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Thought you all mightfind thisinteresting-AirTran 
fined $500K for disability violations

>I do it the same way you do. Years ago, I ran the cane through got it back, 
>and then went through. A few things have changed since then. TSA people 
>want it their way or no way. They are not interested in discussing. It used 
>to be that if you had a problem, you could work it out. Now if you have a 
>problem, you are one.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Bryan Schulz
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 10:00 AM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Thought you all might find thisinteresting-AirTran 
> fined $500K for disability violations
>
> hi,
>
> you probably know more about this, what have you heard about going thru 
> the x-ray walls?
> are most people told to put their cane on the belt and grab the security 
> workers wrists and they guide you thru or do people go thru with their 
> cane?
>
> how common is it for someone to say run my cane thru and give it back then 
> i will walk thru?
>
> the few times i have done this, the worker gets ignorant if you try to 
> walk thru with the cane so i collapse it and put it in the bucket to avoid 
> taking the chance of missing the flight.
>
> Bryan Schulz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 8:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Thought you all might find thisinteresting-AirTran 
> fined $500K for disability violations
>
>
>>I am making note to this because after the convention, I got a lot of
>>e-mails asking me who to contact at the airlines where it was related
>>to a guide dog user, having issues with the staff or a blind person
>>force to sit in wheelchairs.
>>
>> It is just a topic, and we don't know what other issues airtran has,
>> they might not think it is worth noting about guide dogs and the
>> blind.  Who knows, I posted it as interest and reminding people here
>> since we are a non-profit organization that is an advocacy group for the 
>> blind.
>>
>>
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)" <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us>
>> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 8:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Thought you all might find this
>> interesting-AirTran fined $500K for disability violations
>>
>>
>>> The objection is to forced pre-boarding.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Peachtree Travel
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:51 AM
>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Thought you all might find this
>>> interesting -AirTran fined $500K for disability violations
>>>
>>> Ray:
>>>
>>> By law, all the airlines are required to have a system in place to
>>> document all disability complaints.  This stems from the ADA mandates.
>>> Sounds like Air Tran was either underreporting the complaints or doing
>>> nothing in a timely manner regarding the complaints they already had on
>>> file.
>>>
>>> It also seems most of the complaints that Air ran is being accused of
>>> underreporting or not taking action on are from wheelchair users or not
>>> helping a blind person get to their flight or connection on time.
>>>
>>> I remember when working for Marriott International, we had strict
>>> guidelines for ADA calls.  We could never tell the disability caller
>>> there wasn't any accessible rooms in the hotel.  If we couldn't guaranty
>>> them a accessible room, we had to finish the reservation and transfer 
>>> the
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